Williamsburg history

WILLIAMSBURG — A line of early-1900s Jamestown Road houses owned by the College of William and Mary and slated for demolition under its master plan has been listed in Preservation Virginia's 2015 roll of the state's "Most Endangered Historic Places."

Facing mounting pressure after the German navy's May 7, 1915 sinking of the British liner Lusitania with the loss of more than 120 American lives, an embattled Wilson stops in Hampton Roads to play golf, the first of at least a half-dozen visits aimed at providing him with relief from the pressures...

After decades of study and more than a year of preparatory construction, Colonial Williamsburg craftsmen raised the walls of the $1 million Market House on May 5 in an all-day affair designed to reconstruct the colonial capitol's missing 1700s landmark. Construction has been continuing througout...

Though most of roughly 250 masonry churchs constructed in Virginia before 1776 have long since disappeared, Hampton Roads boasts many examples of a defining architectural achievement. -- Mark St. John Erickson

Jamestown history

When archaeologists unearthed the long-lost footprint of Jamestown's first church in 2010, they knew the quartet of 400-year-old burial stains found in front of the altar might be linked to some of the historic English settlement's most prominent figures.

Before the landmark Governor’s Palace and James River plantations appeared in the early 1700s, a mostly forgotten building boom produced Virginia’s first brick dwellings. Completed in 1665, Bacon’s Castle in Surry is the oldest survivor. But many others vanished. -- Erickson

From the earliest days of British America through the Revolution, Civil War and beyond, the Virginia Peninsula has provided the setting for numerous milestones in the nation's African-American history. Here's a checklist of some of the most important. -- Mark St. John Erickson

William and Mary sports

As trainers carted Jerry Ugokwe off the Unitas Stadium field last November, William and Mary football coach Jimmye Laycock couldn't avoid the thought: His team's entire starting offensive line, a group with so much promise and youth, was wiped out by injury.

BALTIMORE — Jimmye Laycock is more persnickety about quarterbacks than Anthony Bourdain is about foie gras. He played the position at William and Mary and as the Tribe's head coach has tutored some of the college game's best.

Issues aplenty confronted the Collegiate Commissioners Association during its annual meetings this week in Asheville, N.C. An early signing period for football; NCAA reforms and governance; ongoing legal challenges to the very foundation of college sports.

Though some might say he’s spent three decades in a small pond, Tom Yeager isn’t just a big fish within the Colonial Athletic Association. Highly respected on a national level, there’s little doubt he could have gone elsewhere had he gotten restless in Richmond.

The NCAA unveiled Academic Progress Rates on Wednesday, just as USA Today posted its annual database of expenses and revenues for public-school athletic departments. A veritable holy day for accountants and statisticians, a debilitating migraine for those without a master's in math.

Academic fraud was central to sanctions levied on Syracuse men's basketball in March, and a similar stench continues to hover at North Carolina, which Friday received its notice of allegations from the NCAA. Moreover, according to a Big Ten position paper, the NCAA is investigating 20 cases of...

WILLIAMSBURG — William and Mary’s men’s and women’s tennis teams won conference championships, had the tournament’s outstanding player and travel to North Carolina for their respective NCAA appearances. Beyond that, their respective paths to Chapel Hill, N.C., couldn’t have been more divergent.

PORTSMOUTH — Marcus Thornton said it felt a little different, but at times it looked very much like what folks in these parts were accustomed to during the past four years. Mongoose-quick separation, athletic, improvisational drives, clutch jump shots, crisp passes.

WILLIAMSBURG — Expanded fundraising, major facilities upgrades and construction, and budget increases for individual teams are centerpieces of an ambitious and detailed plan for William and Mary athletics.

WILLIAMSBURG — Signs of progress in a basketball program can be measured in standard and non-traditional means. Win-loss record, individual player recognition, conference standing. William and Mary has those areas covered.

When the final buzzer sounded on another painful defeat, Marcus Thornton didn't allow the sting to keep him from reflecting on the progress William and Mary's men's basketball program made throughout his four seasons.

Hampton University basketball players had barely settled into their seats and turned their attention to the projection screen TV in the student center ballroom when they learned their NCAA destination.

Each of the Virginia Peninsula Swim Union's 18 teams gathered Saturday at Kingswood for the league's awards meet, a qualifying competition for Sunday's championship meet. The meet Sunday at Fort Eustis will start at 8:30 a.m. for swimmers age 11 and up and in the afternoon for ages 10 and under....

Running a road race is usually a weekend respite from whatever worries one encounters throughout the week: whether work, home, family, or world events. For an hour or so, one can forget their other concerns, and focus solely on their warmup, running pace and form, the scenery, and the competition,...

Williamsburg Post 39 was eliminated from the state American Legion tournament with a 4-2, 10-inning loss Thursday to Rocky Mount Post 6 at Riverbend High in Fredericksburg. Rocky Mount scored twice in the top of the 10th.

JAMES CITY – A note and pack of sunflower seeds awaited Williamsburg Post 39 assistant manager Roscoe Bierbrauer one evening last week on the front steps of his home upon returning from the baseball diamond.

Lorenzo Taliaferro has made it in the NFL and looks to solidify his place with the Baltimore Ravens in his second season. Ben Edwards is overjoyed that the New York Giants are giving him a shot and vows to give his all in a quest to beat the odds and make a name for himself.

After seven, often close, losses - and a forfeit win - in American Legion baseball state tournament play the past four seasons, Williamsburg Post 39 finally got an on-field victory by beating Winchester Post 21 9-1 Wednesday at Riverbend High in Fredericksburg.

Bruton High is looking for a new head baseball coach. School athletic director Richard Onesty said Friday that Phil Houston, the Panthers' coach the past seven seasons, resigned recently to spend more time with his family.

Warhill High continues to reap the benefits from a season in which it reached its first Group 3A state softball semifinal. Three Lions, led by pitcher Keely Rochard, made the all-state team, while New Kent also put one player on the team.

JAMES CITY — The biggest concern within Post 39's coaching staff entering the Senior American Legion baseball season was team chemistry. Could this group come together the way many of the Williamsburg programs years past had?

Chris Jones had three hits including an inside-the-park home run, Kent Klyman struck out 11 in five innings and Post 39 advanced to the state tournament Thursday with a 19-2, seven-inning win over Hampton Post 31.

Evan Lowery has joined a growing list of players from the Bay Rivers District who will play baseball at the Division I level in college. Lowery, a rising senior at Jamestown High, announced Wednesday that he will attend the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.

The Williamsburg Revolution 9-and-under baseball all-stars won three straight games Sunday to clinch the United States Specialty Sports Association Mid-Summer Showdown Championship at the Atlee Sports Complex in Mechanicsville.